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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… members, and chief of the party in the church services on the annual feast day and at memorial services for dead … was responsible for the four tapers at the Trinity altar on the feast day; he was entitled to demand wax of newly … and fines from the guild estates to pay the priests' salaries. 20 In 1524 it was laid down that the bailiff was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the Market Place was pulled down in 1810; … replaced by the existing Sessions House and Police Station on the South Brink. 10 Since the demolition of the Wisbech … record the burial of executed criminals. The gallows stood on the river bank a little below the Horseshoe corner. 12 A …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the lower walks of society' brought caustic remarks on the inefficiency of the town's police and watching system … Diary, 13 Sept. 1812 (Wisb. Mus.). Corp. Rec. xi, 9-15. On the 1774scale, the force of six watchmen was to be cut …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… householders, certain benefactions, 24 and the interest on 'town stock'. In the period between 24 August 1591 and 1 … consisted of the capital of well-to-do orphans invested on their behalf by the Corporation as trustees. In 1584 it … capital burgesses resolved to build a municipal workhouse on a 3-acre site between the Horse Fair and the Quay. They …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Wisbech and a keen educationist, reported to the bishop on the schools of Wisbech hundred, 73 there were 250 boys and … wishes of the foundress, as follows: £2 2 s. for sermons on St. Paul's and St. Barnabas' Days, £85 to 100 aged … In 1846 there were also 18 boys and 25 girls attending on Sundays only. 77 In 1868-9 the building of St. Augustine's …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was added to it between 1882 and 1891. A further 315 a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill … a prominent landmark. Between the Chalk and the Weald clay on which the northern part of the parish lies are alternate … mentioned in 1293 5 and called the Strood in 1357, 6 lay on the Gault clay outcrop north-west of the manor-house and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its … of 7½ carucates and it seems probable that the Domesday assessment of 13 included at least part of one of the … It may be significant that in 1445 Newton Harcourt's tax assessment of 1334 was reduced by over 10 per cent. 70 In the …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… was resident at Witherslack Hall and paid tax that year on seven hearths. In 1684 a dispute between the Earl of Derby … coparceners died without issue. This estate was settled on the issue of that marriage, and on failure thereof, remainder to the right heirs of Witham. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Witney, Caswell, Cogges, and Lew: in 1524 he was taxed on goods worth over 860, a sum unrivalled within the county and comprising some 78 per cent of Witney's total assessment. 23 From the later 16th century wool merchants on … served several times as bailiff, paid on 38, the highest assessment in the borough. 53 Walter Jones (d. 1560), a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed rapidly, with some leading clothiers operating on a national or international scale. More general resurgence … 5 New fairs in 1202 and 1231, and regular expenditure on market stalls and selds, suggest active involvement by the … probably exceeded a thousand, 7 many inhabitants, on surname evidence, apparently incomers from surrounding …